Given Foran's size and greater experience i would wither start with him or have him on bench for Sheffield, he could play a number of positions and would, hopefully, strengthen the defence.

In fairness to Farrar, who i have been critical off, he played quite well and made some decent tackles - but i agree Oscar and him together give to big a target for the opposition

In the first we controlled the ball and all Donny could do was defend. Learn that lesson and we will be fine!

Is that really a surprise given where we were at the end of last season?
After the last two seasons and relegation we were hardly likely to have the hordes flooding through the gate.

What's more instructive is that following relegation and a rubbish season where our average gate was just shy of 1300, we got 976 in, which is better than I expected. If we win a few more there should be something to market to new / returning supporters. (I live in hope)

How did Keyes look?

Keyes, did OK, but nothing spectacular - wasnt particularly prominent

Forget the attendance, it's irrelevant. Trying to compare 1300 average when a large chunk is away support wont tell you anything, what matters is how many home fans come and whether they enjoyed it enough to encourage others to come as well.

So the real question to ask is how did the home support stand up compared to last year.

In a way you've answered your own question. The away support was less than last year and we still got close to 1000, which suggests to me that most home support from last year have come back.
If we're winning games, or at least competing, it will be a lot easier to sell it to others.

I don't get this fascination/constant interest in attendances?

It's obvious to anyone that London Broncos in their 19 SL seasons never attracted sufficient numbers to bankroll the club and that certainly won't change in the lower divisions either. What does matter is that the club continue to court potential new owners and in these owners, people who understand owning a sports club is never going to be a "profitable" hobby.

The best way to attract new investment is by winning and having a regular fan base who look happy to be at games. This will make the club attractive to sponsors and then investors and then we can look to the future with more confidence if we aren't soley relying on the goodwill of just one person.

Sunday was a great start, with happy fans catching up after the off-season and a win. Keep that up and you have something to build on!

Lowest crowd was at Batley - 801.

Why the interest? It's probably the most obvious metric as to whether we are continuing to decline, or starting to grow again. No we may never have enough fans to break even, but more would help to reduce the shortfall!

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Spot on!!!!

By the shortfall, do you mean the shortfall in revenue? I was under the impression that London Broncos gain no direct financial benefit from attending fans, be that ticket revenue or bar/shop takings. Am I mistaken?

LOL Gutterfax must be tearing his hair out reading this thread and not being able to join in

You are pretty much correct although I hear that hospitality revenue goes into Broncos accounts and not directly to the Hive..

That makes perfect sense. I would imagine that the cost of entry is the Hive's but the profit on CorpHos would go to the club. Given the number of sponsors the Broncos have attracted this year, I suspect this will be a considerable amount and is a massive improvement on previous years. IIRC, 1 box was sold in 2008 at the Stoop.